PSU for this?

liquidfire

liquidfire

liquidfire

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Hello sorry I couldn't find a psu subsection I hope this is in the correct area.

I'm building my new pc consisting of;

•i7 3930k(own)
•asus x79 sabertooth
•32gb 1800mhz cl9 corsair dominator.(own)
•corsair 128gb SSD
•2x msi 7970 lightning.
•2x 1tb Samsung f1 HDD(own)
•fully water-cooled with a D5 vario (or two)
• 8 x scythe ap-14s(own)
•lamptron fc touch(own)

I have specced a 1000w be quiet power pro p8 for my psu.

The question is, is this overkill for the system or could I use a 900w version?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £149.99
1 x Silverstone Strider 1200W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (SST-ST1200-G) £145.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 850W Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply (SST-ST85F-P) £116.99
1 x NZXT Hale82 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £104.99
1 x XFX 850W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £94.99
Total : £626.45 (includes shipping : £11.25).





One of those (the 1200W is an option if you want to go over the top) the Seasonic+Silverstones are very nice.
 
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I obviously will be overclocking:) but wouldn't 1200w be too much? So you don't reccomend be quiet psus? As little as 850w? That should save me a bit of money.

Sorry for extra questions. Thanks for the reply:)

Sorry I have so little experience with psus.
 
Well it wont use 1200W all the time, it only uses what the components actually need.

It just gives you massive headroom.

I see no reason (even with all the fans/water pumps/twin cards etc) that the 850W Seasonic+Silverstone wont be ample either.
 
A good 850 W should be up to the job.

Seasonic X-Series 850w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £149.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-023-SS

Seasonic 860w '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply £169.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-015-SS

If the wanted the extra capacity of a 1000 W+ PSU

Seasonic X-Series 1050w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £174.98
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-021-SS

All these suggestions have a silent fanless mode (the Plat one lets you turn this off) when your not using much power.

The BeQuiet isn't quite as good and costs more. :>
 
 
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